Hippocrates — "War is the only surgeon that can cure a nation."
War is the only surgeon that can cure a nation.
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A rather stark and unexpected metaphor for societal change or political purging, highly unusual for a physician.
Date: c. 460-370 BCE (attributed, context debated)
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